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Old group Photos: 2010 , 2009 , 2008

At the Center for Theoretical Chemistry of the University of Bochum (Director: Professor Dominik Marx) there are several scientifically active research groups. All groups share a common interest and quest to understand "molecular systems within the framework of quantum mechanics" and cover altogether a wide spectrum in theoretical chemistry, which reaches into the realms of theoretical biology and theoretical physics. Specific research areas are dynamical ab initio simulations of complex many-body systems at finite temperatures (Marx), the development of response methods, photochemistry and optical properties (Hättig) and the development of neuronal network methods for the heterogenous catalysis (Behler). The Doltsinis group (photo(bio)chemistry and chemistry of solvated systems) is now at King's College London and the Meyer group (heterogeneous catalysis and material science) at Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg .
Furthermore, two Emeriti remain scientifically active in two areas, one area is highly accurate methods for small molecules, the emphasis here is on electron correlation and relativity (Kutzelnigg) and the other is spectroscopy and surface science, with emphasis on excited electronic states, magnetic exchange coupling and periodic systems (Staemmler).